Tone Vocab

Question 1

Abrupt in manner; blunt, rough

Answer 1

Brusque

Question 2

Frank, outspoken, open, and sincere

Answer 2

Candid

Question 3

Extremely irritable or easily angered

Answer 3

Choleric

Question 4

Intended or likely to peacate or pacify

Answer 4

Conciliatory

Question 5

Tending to argument or strife; quarrelsome

Answer 5

Contentious

Question 6

Expressive contempt or ridicule

Answer 6

Derisive

Question 7

Barren or laid waste, devastated

Answer 7

Desolate

Question 8

Overflowing with fervor, enthusiasm, or excitement; high spirited

Answer 8

Ebullient

Question 9

Unduly demonstrative; lacking reserve

Answer 9

Effusive

Question 10

Accepting of all events as inevitable

Answer 10

Fatalistic

Question 11

Having or showing great warmth or intensity of spirit, feeling, enthusiasm etc

Answer 11

Fervent

Question 12

Obnoxiously pious; self righteous

Answer 12

Holier-than-though

Question 13

Penetrating; clear and direct, sharp

Answer 13

Incisive

Question 14

Skeptical and disbelieving

Answer 14

Incredulous

Question 15

Feeling strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, or insulting

Answer 15

Indignant

Question 16

Characterized by examining ones own mind

Answer 16

Introspective

Question 17

Cheerful, merry

Answer 17

Jocund

Question 18

Mournful, dismal, gloomy

Answer 18

Lugubrious

Question 19

Gloomy state of mind, depression

Answer 19

Melancholy

Question 20

Joyous, jolly

Answer 20

Mirthful

Question 21

Meticulous, precise

Answer 21

Pedantic

Question 22

Dreamily or wistfully thoughtful

Answer 22

Pensive

Question 23

Brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression

Answer 23

Pithy

Question 24

Disposed to be silent or not to speak freely, reserved

Answer 24

Reticent

Question 25

Cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, confident

Answer 25

Sanguine

Question 26

Bitter or scornful derision; mocking, cynical, sneering

Answer 26

Sardonic

Question 27

Full of open or unqualified contempt

Answer 27

Scornful

Question 28

Neatly or effectively concise, brief and pithy

Answer 28

Terse

Question 29

Full of fear, timid

Answer 29

Timorous

Question 30

Filled with bitter criticism or malice

Answer 30

Vitriolic

Question 31

Playfully quaint and fanciful, especially in a humorous way

Answer 31

Whimsical

Question 32

Characterized by longing; yearning

Answer 32

Wistful

Question 33

Enthusiastic and eager

Answer 33

Zealous

Question 34

Having mixed feelings about someone or something; being unable to choose between two courses of action

Answer 34

Ambivalent